After 4 days off of doing about nothing this week, I’ve been back editing the last few days. Am up to 19 hours, a few hours further than the challenge suggestion of 16.5. What did I do during my 4 days off, in between naps? Comedy therapy via Trailer Park Boys. I’m a little embarrassed to say I’ve sat through a little over 3 seasons since last Friday. But, hey, laughter is the best medicine, … Read more
What a difference between NaNoEdMo and NaNoWriMo. There are so few participants, you can hear crickets over on the EdMo website. That and the site has been attacked by a spammer, which seems to be keeping people away. There’s no leadership and no one communicating to the group except for a few posts by the editing support staff. Still, I’m set on completing the challenge. I’ve even started some discussions in the Horror & Thriller … Read more
Every week I weed through over 100 blogs, looking for writing advice and new and interesting books to read. Considering how time consuming this is, I share the posts I find the most interesting here every week. If you’d like me to add your blog to my feeder or a link from my weekly tour, leave a comment on the most current tour or send me a link via Twitter @by_wjhoward. All About Writers On … Read more
Every week I weed through over 100 blogs, looking for writing advice and new and interesting books to read. Considering how time consuming this is, I share the posts I find the most interesting here every week. If you’d like me to add your blog to my feeder or a link from my weekly tour, leave a comment on the most current tour or send me a link via Twitter @by_wjhoward. All About Writers On … Read more
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” Edgar Allan Poe I hate to admit I often wonder if I’m losing my mind, which is why this quote jumped out at me. Thanks Mr. Poe! There is more comfort in insanity.
How to Join the Tour All About Writers & Books This week’s highlight was an interview with fellow Wicked Writer Gregory Marshall Smith over at Labotomy of a Writer. I finished reading They Call the Wild Muryah and Greg is quite the new talent in Sci Fi writing. The eBook is free on Smashwords and well worth the read! There’s an awesome new feature over at Book Chick City. A kinda Cribs for writers that … Read more
How to Join the Tour All About Writers & Books I really enjoyed Fairy Tales Gone Naughty over at Book Junkie because I’ve dabbled in writing a few of my own. This week wrapped up with guest posts by Brenna Lyons and Natasha Moore If you’re looking for new releases, check out New Vampire Books for March 2010. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith looks really interesting and FUN! Fellow writers, read some good … Read more
How to Join the Tour All About Writers & Books I really enjoyed this interview with Pamela Samuels Young over at Book Junkie, especially when she talks about trying to get people to critique her first novel. New Way of Book Reviewing was good for a chuckle. It’s one student’s comparison of ‘Titanic’ and ‘My Life’ by Bill Clinton. Where have I been hiding? I’m wondering because I’ve run into quite a few book reviews … Read more
How to Join the Tour All About Writers & Books I found Guest Blog: DSB on What is Dark Urban Fantasy? interesting but still left me a little in the dark, wondering if The Courier falls into this genre. Also drop by All Things Urban Fantasy for Win on Wednesday, a list published weekly containing urban fantasy contests and giveaways. Found another book I had to buy in an interview with Keith Melton, author of … Read more
Send me a link to your blog post. How to Join the Tour All About Writers & Books Drake writes old-style westerns that modern-day readers love, is not a blog post, but the author, Jerry Drake, is a fellow member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction writers and in my critique group. Have you bought a Mark Henry book today? I’ve got my copy for the Kindle because he writes a mix of horror and comedy … Read more
How to Join the Tour This Week’s Tour Romancing the Book: Tall, Dark & Dangerous Heroes over at Book Lovers Inc. Reading this post was great research for my protagonist, Barry, as he grows from wimpy to tall, dark and dangerous. And don’t forget to drop by the Wicked Writer’s Blog, where we’re blogging about the progress we’re making on our latest works. Over at the Overbury Ink, “I love it when fiction is built … Read more
How to Join the Tour Welcome to week two of my new blog tour featuring blog posts submitted by bloggers and about books, writers & writing and other literary blog tours. I’ve also included links to posts that weren’t submitted, but I’ve enjoyed this week. It’s still a little short on content, but I’m sure the word will get out soon enough. Hope you enjoy the tour this week! All About Books Darn 🙁 nothing … Read more
Sorry for posting so late today. I’ve gotten too involved, preparing for next week’s post on organizing. Oops! Maybe I should have done that this week. Just as a reminder, I’ve decided to use Monday as a whining day, but in a more constructive way. Basically, last week I posted, Started 2010 with My Head Spinning, and whined that I just can’t seem to “get with it” this year. As a way to help myself, … Read more
Nicole Hadaway, a fellow author and friend has been devoting her blog posts on Wednesday to other authors. I commend her for this and would like to offer up my blog as a link for hers and other authors and readers doing similar posts. Going forward, each Wednesday, I will include a post with links to blogs discussing books and authors in the same genres I write. So that’s Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal, Sci-Fi and Comedy…a … Read more
WHOO HOO!! The Courier has been selected as a FINALIST in the Textnovel Online Fiction Contest. You can still support The Courier by subscribing to the story and voting a thumbs up at http://www.textnovel.com/story_detail.php?story_id=864.
I found the Innsmouth Free Press website on Twitter last week. I just finished reading through their website, and I’m pretty excited to see the website launch on June 1st of this year. Innsmouth Free Press is a fictional newspaper publishing faux news as well as original short fiction stories. We also feature some of Lovecraft’s classic tales. Love the Monster Bytes! I’m planning on submitting a few myself.
Again…I’ll say it. Stephen King…love his work or hate it. This time around, I LOVE IT!! I have been incredibly inspired by this book. King has given me a new outlook on completing Purloin, a novel of mine that I’ve been working on for five, yes 5, years. I guess five years isn’t so bad. Better than saying life long work. Anyways, On Writing reminded me that writing can be easy. Hell, I did it … Read more